Re: [Framers] Longtime Frame File suddenly cannot be printed to postscript for PDF production

2016-08-31 Thread louisek
...and the mantra is something like iloveframeihateframeiloveframeihateframeom. ;-) Louise (I actually really love Frame) - Original Message - From: "Fred Ridder" To: "Alan Litchfield" , framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 4:20:05 PM Subject: Re: [Fr

Re: [Framers] Longtime Frame File suddenly cannot be printed to postscript for PDF production

2016-08-31 Thread Alan Litchfield
or provides more grist to the mill of angst. But I agree that generally, it solves nothing but provides a quick fix. Alan On 1/09/16 9:20 am, Fred Ridder wrote: Back when Dov Isaacs was still active on the list, he used to call it Reinstallsheimer's Disease. He was never convinced that it did

Re: [Framers] Longtime Frame File suddenly cannot be printed to postscript for PDF production

2016-08-31 Thread louisek
Yes. It's somewhat akin to a change in the space-time continuum. - Original Message - From: "Lin Sims" To: loui...@mchsi.com Cc: "Rick Quatro" , "Framers List" Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 4:05:59 PM Subject: Re: [Framers] Longtime Frame File suddenly cannot be printed to postscri

Re: [Framers] Longtime Frame File suddenly cannot be printed to postscript for PDF production

2016-08-31 Thread Fred Ridder
Back when Dov Isaacs was still active on the list, he used to call it Reinstallsheimer's Disease. He was never convinced that it did anything useful in at least 90% of the cases reported. But I suppose if you're in the right zen frame of mind it gives you some time to calm down while you watch t

Re: [Framers] Longtime Frame File suddenly cannot be printed to postscript for PDF production

2016-08-31 Thread Fred Ridder
Or printing directly to PDF using the Adobe PDF virtual printer, which is the method I've used for more than a decade. -FR From: Framers on behalf of Alan Litchfield Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 4:09 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: [Frame

Re: [Framers] Longtime Frame File suddenly cannot be printed to postscript for PDF production

2016-08-31 Thread Lin Sims
And the smoke we smell is a paradigm shifting? On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 4:43 PM, wrote: > Ah, well all right then. That creaking sound you hear is me changing my > ways. > > Louise > > > - Original Message - > From: "Rick Quatro" > To: loui...@mchsi.com > Cc: "Framers List" > Sent: Wedn

Re: [Framers] Longtime Frame File suddenly cannot be printed to postscript for PDF production

2016-08-31 Thread Rick Quatro
I always use Save As PDF. There were some older FrameMaker/Acrobat combinations where Adobe's Dov Isaacs recommended the Print PS/Distill approach, but that was a long time ago. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. 585-366-4017 r...@frameexpert.com -Original Message- From: Framers [mailto

Re: [Framers] Longtime Frame File suddenly cannot be printed to postscript for PDF production

2016-08-31 Thread louisek
Ah, well all right then. That creaking sound you hear is me changing my ways. Louise - Original Message - From: "Rick Quatro" To: loui...@mchsi.com Cc: "Framers List" Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 3:37:56 PM Subject: RE: [Framers] Longtime Frame File suddenly cannot be printed to

Re: [Framers] Longtime Frame File suddenly cannot be printed to postscript for PDF production

2016-08-31 Thread louisek
Thanks Alan (I think). lol Louise - Original Message - From: "Alan Litchfield" To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 3:31:47 PM Subject: Re: [Framers] Longtime Frame File suddenly cannot be printed to postscript for PDF production On 1/09/16 8:19 am, loui..

Re: [Framers] Longtime Frame File suddenly cannot be printed to postscript for PDF production

2016-08-31 Thread Alan Litchfield
On 1/09/16 8:19 am, loui...@mchsi.com wrote: Can I tack on a related question? Am I right in not fully trusting a PDF made by "Save As"? Or do I just have deep-seated psychological issues? ;-) More the latter, if you are referring to anything newer than version 9. There was much discussio

Re: [Framers] Longtime Frame File suddenly cannot be printed to postscript for PDF production

2016-08-31 Thread Tammy Van Boening
LOL. NP. Tammy Van Boening Owner/Principal Spectrum Writing, LLC www.spectrumwritingllc.com TammyVB *AT* spectrumwritingllc *DOT* com -Original Message- From: loui...@mchsi.com [mailto:loui...@mchsi.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 2:20 PM To: Tammy Van Boening Cc: Framers List

Re: [Framers] Longtime Frame File suddenly cannot be printed to postscript for PDF production

2016-08-31 Thread louisek
Hi - I always distill a .ps file but had a client with cover art that would only print using Frame's "Save As PDF". I couldn't tell you why, but I don't really trust making a PDF this way, so I would extract just the cover page from the "Save As PDF" file, and replace the cover in a PDF I made

Re: [Framers] Longtime Frame File suddenly cannot be printed to postscript for PDF production

2016-08-31 Thread Alan Litchfield
I think I would try redistilling the pdf using your current diver. So, printing it to ps -> pdf or directly to pdf. Then reimport it and try again. I can't remember what version of FM you are running, but the newer versions have pretty good save to pdf functions now. What happens if you save d

Re: [Framers] Longtime Frame File suddenly cannot be printed to postscript for PDF production

2016-08-31 Thread Robert Lauriston
I had that happen to me on Windows, maybe more than once. I think I had to reinstall both Acrobat and FrameMaker. Maybe I had to uninstall both first. I'm not sure since I had to reinstall so many times to recover from various bugs. On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 12:31 PM, Steve Rickaby wrote: > > ... I

Re: [Framers] Longtime Frame File suddenly cannot be printed to postscript for PDF production

2016-08-31 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 13:07 -0600 31/8/16, Tammy Van Boening wrote: >Of course, removing the Front cover file resolves the issue, but that isn't an >option . .. this has to be part of the final PDF production. Yeah, good stuff goes bad for no reason. That's part of the fun of computers. If you separate out the f

Re: [Framers] Longtime Frame File suddenly cannot be printed to postscript for PDF production

2016-08-31 Thread Tammy Van Boening
yes, it is the Adobe PDF printer. Thanks! Tammy Van Boening Owner/Principal Spectrum Writing, LLC www.spectrumwritingllc.com TammyVB *AT* spectrumwritingllc *DOT* com -Original Message- From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+tammyvb=spectrumwritingllc@lists.frameusers.com] On Be

Re: [Framers] Longtime Frame File suddenly cannot be printed to postscript for PDF production

2016-08-31 Thread Robert Lauriston
Did you check the selected printer is Adobe PDF (or a real PostScript printer) rather than some other printer? On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 12:07 PM, Tammy Van Boening < tamm...@spectrumwritingllc.com> wrote: > HI All, > > I have a series of 4 manuals for a longtime client, with each series having > a

[Framers] Longtime Frame File suddenly cannot be printed to postscript for PDF production

2016-08-31 Thread Tammy Van Boening
HI All, I have a series of 4 manuals for a longtime client, with each series having a unique graphic for the FrontCover.fm file. The graphic is a PDF with bleeding edges that is imported into an anchored frame on the first page of the two page file. For like a gazillion years, I have been able to

Re: [Framers] HTML5 issue

2016-08-31 Thread Caroline Tabach
In order for HTML 5 help to work correctly, your "book" must have a TOC You can use the TOC only for the Help if you want Caroline Tabach Technical/Marcom Writer Tel: +972-077-7745-042| carol...@radcom.com | www.radcom.com -Original Message- From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+caroli